Server Max User Limit Poll

[jitspoe]

I'm making this simple poll in response to this thread: http://dplogin.com/forums/index.php?topic=6980.60

[Spook]

i like the 9-12 range 6v6 is good for almost anymap

[y00tz]

i like the 9-12 range 6v6 is good for almost anymap

My vote was for 13-16.  I know of some good 8 on 8 maps.   A Jew can dream, yes?

[b00nlander]

I put down 13-16 as well.  Not that I believe that there should be more than 5 players on a team for a decent match, but hey, we're talking about public servers here.  8v8 can still be fun on a pub, while for a match it would be too large.

[KiLo]

I went with yootz and b00n because it is a pub and again 8v8 is not to many. Plus even on the dreadful speed servers you have a better chance to have fun instead of constantly being spawn camped.

[Spook]

Edited my vote after reading what you were saying... it is a pub, not a match. So i guess an 8v8 would be better

[Matze]

well yea, ch1ll's allready are on 16, but i think that all other servers should be around 16, too. Especially when there are like 3 or 4 different pub servers of one clan or person, there is no convincing reason as of why it should be maxed at 32.

[nopyo]

I voted - max: 20
10v10s are more fun on mediun and larger maps. also: lots of people + quick respawn = chaotic fun!
-another idea- have different servers run different limits and have different map rotations that are best for those limits. For example:
[pub1]-max players:8, maps: oddjob, theice, shock, ubcliff, back2back...
[pub2]-max players:16, maps:airtime's, shazam's, nitefactor...
[pub3]-max players:24, maps:*any map that's big, like pb_shreds.
[pub4(chaotic)]-max players:32, maps:*some from [pub1] with guns that are Spyder SE or better, spawn time:3 sec, 50 nades/team

[Y2J]

I went with 13-16, although 12 would probably be more ideal, 16 would be more logical seeing as pubs are pulling quite a few players lately. I'm kinda surprised there hasn't been a response by any of the server admins to the other topic, and a lowering of the limit... It seemed pretty overwhelming in support of lower limits, and this poll is also showing that so far.

[b00nlander]

actually, there has been a response from the server admins, at least of OTB:  now there is only one OTB Server with maxclients 32 online, the others are back to max. 16; however, even a single highcount-server will still cause the same problem.

[Y2J]

thanks for bringing that to my attention, guess i'll have to start waking up before 2pm to play ha.

[Apocalypse]

I say 13-16 it could have specific user limits for larger or smaller maps.
Edit:

I voted - max: 20
10v10s are more fun on mediun and larger maps. also: lots of people + quick respawn = chaotic fun!
-another idea- have different servers run different limits and have different map rotations that are best for those limits. For example:
[pub1]-max players:8, maps: oddjob, theice, shock, ubcliff, back2back...
[pub2]-max players:16, maps:airtime's, shazam's, nitefactor...
[pub3]-max players:24, maps:*any map that's big, like pb_shreds.
[pub4(chaotic)]-max players:32, maps:*some from [pub1] with guns that are Spyder SE or better, spawn time:3 sec, 50 nades/team

At least he didn't say 33+........

[Cobo]

I vote max 20 because teams can divide in a nice, pair, 2 digit, round number

[nopyo]

At least he didn't say 33+........

I sure would like to see a server run max: 50. I wouldn't play in it because it'll be laggy as hell.

[Apocalypse]

Lol I'd go there just as observer to laugh at how much they all need to think about how many players there is in a server before going there (I can just imagine setting 1 second respawn too)

[nopyo]

Here's a fun game for ya:

50 people in oddjob with autocockers and 1 sec respawn.

Oh yeah, and PLENTY of nades.

[Apocalypse]

Or even better spawn in a box 20 paint nades

[nopyo]

Or even better spawn in a box 20 paint nades

That's pretty much what I said...lol

[jitspoe]

-another idea- have different servers run different limits and have different map rotations that are best for those limits.

GT did this for a while, or maybe it was eR33t.  What happened?  The small map servers were always full, and the large map servers were always empty.  People would just keep trying to get on the full servers.  Nobody wanted to populate the large map servers because they didn't want to play 1v1 on something like brainstorm.  As a result, fewer people played.  I think the servers need to have a good balance of maps for a variety of player counts.  Just because a server has a player limit of 16 doesn't mean there are going to be 16 people playing all the time.

I imagine if we can get all of the servers to have a limit close to 16 (the speed server, especially), it would help balance the player load a bit and keep more servers populated.  I'll try to get in touch with the GT admins and see if I can convince them to cooperate so we can all drop the limits at the same time.

[KnacK]

13-16 FTW old skewl style